TY  - GEN
AU  - Lane, Nick
TI  - Vital question : why is life the way it is?
SN  - 9781781255964
U1  - 577 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London
PB  - Profile Books Ltd.
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
Introduction : Why is life the way it is?
Part I : The Problem
1. What is life?  19
2. What is Living? 53
Part II : The Origin of Life
3. Energy at life's origin 89
4. The emergence of cells 122
Part III : Complexity
5. The Origin of complex cells 157
6. Sex and the origins of death  192
Part IV : Predictions
7. The Power and the glory   237
Epilogue : From the deep    281
Glossary        291
Acknowledgements     300
Bibliography   306
List of illustrations  334
Index    338
ER  -